“Super Committee” Should Cut Spending, Not Raise Taxes

As a member of the Conservative Action Project, ACRU CEO Susan Carleson and leaders of 37 other organizations representing a broad cross section of the conservative movement have a united message on the “Super Committee.”

RE: The Budget Control Act of 2011 created a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (“Super Committee”) that must vote on a plan with the goal of $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction by November 23. We believe the “Super Committee” should reduce federal spending on the way to a balanced budget, while preserving the ability to protect America and stimulating economic growth–without raising taxes.

ISSUE-in-BRIEF: The “Cut, Cap and Balance” Act passed by the House of Representatives in July remains the only way to genuinely solve the problem of out-of-control spending. Now that Congress has established a “Super Committee” there are two ways to reduce the federal government’s excessive spending habit: the right way of cutting spending and the wrong way of raising taxes. Job-killing tax hikes in our weak economy with an unemployment rate above 9% will undermine economic growth and America’s ability to compete in the global market place. Consider what has happened in just the past few weeks:

The historic downgrading of America’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s was met by a “Blame the American People first” response from the White House.

China has taken to lecturing the United States about the need to get its debt under control.

The President has yet to offer a plan to address the situation, but his re-election fundraising events continue on almost a daily basis.

Recommend a review and rollback of the job killing regulations promulgated in the past several years and a one year moratorium on new regulations that inhibit investment and burden manufacturers.

Pursue common sense reforms of Social Security and consumer driven health care policies in order to control costs and assure senior citizens that entitlement programs won’t go bankrupt.

CITIZENS MUST BECOME INVOLVED TO ADVOCATE SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND OPPOSE TAX INCREASES

There are many organizations dedicated to reducing the size of government–The Heritage Foundation, The Cato Institute, The National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Limited Government to name a few–and many others–that have recommended hundreds of billions of dollars of federal government expenditures that could be cut or eliminated on the way to a balanced budget. A Tea Party Debt Commission has been established to solicit citizen input: http://www.teapartydebtcommission.com/splash.aspx

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REDUCING FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE “SUPER” COMMITTEE VISIT THESE WEBSITES::

The Conservative Action Project, chaired by former Attorney General Edwin Meese, is designed to facilitate conservative leaders working together on behalf of common goals. Participants include the CEO’s of over 100 organizations representing all major elements of the conservative movement–economic, social and national security.

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